Hunter Biden’s lawyer wants an ‘Alford plea.’ What does it mean?

[Music] Hunter Biden's criminal tax case took an unexpected turn Thursday his lawyer Abby La telling a federal judge right before jury's selection Biden wishes to change his plea to a so-called Alfred plea which allows Biden to maintain inocence but acknowledges prosecutors have enough evidence to convict him if the judge accepts the deal Biden would be convicted La said to the judge there is no agreement with prosecutors but one isn't required under under an Alfred plea he said the evidence against Biden is overwhelming and added this can be resolved today it's not a complicated issue prosecutors appeared surprised arguing they would accept nothing less than a guilty plea adding this is the first time we've heard of this a last minute plea deal would allow Biden to avoid a high-profile trial Biden previously pleaded not guilty to three felony counts and six misdemeanors connected to at least $1.4 million in unpaid federal taxes from 2016 to 2019 prosecutors allege Biden purposely avoided paying taxes by rigging his company's own payroll system although Biden eventually paid all his back taxes and penalties with the help of a third party the judge would not allow the defense to use that information at trial we'll be following this case closely and you can too by downloading the straight arrow news app or visiting s.com [Music]

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